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KateGladstone · 02-03-2008, 06:31 PM

Re:

"I believe Dr. Alfred Korzybski wrote a book called 'Science and Sanity' in e-prime."

You believe falsely, Karen. Though Korzybski wrote against "is" in his "Science and Sanity," his book abounds in "is"-filled/"be"-filled statements (such as "Isness is insanity" and "the word is not the thing."

Korzybski neither used E-Prime nor created its name: a disciple of his, the late David Bourland, did both, Please Google "David Bourland".

Re your own attempt at E-Prime in:

"Although this book does not represent a novel"

— this looks (to me) like cheating: re-defining the licit word "represent" so that you can now just plug it into the same place as the illicit word "be." May I suggest, instead, "Although I do not consider this book a novel"?

02-03-2008, 06:31 PM	#12 (permalink)
KateGladstone Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 17	Re: "I believe Dr. Alfred Korzybski wrote a book called 'Science and Sanity' in e-prime." You believe falsely, Karen. Though Korzybski wrote against "is" in his "Science and Sanity," his book abounds in "is"-filled/"be"-filled statements (such as "Isness is insanity" and "the word is not the thing." Korzybski neither used E-Prime nor created its name: a disciple of his, the late David Bourland, did both, Please Google "David Bourland". Re your own attempt at E-Prime in: "Although this book does not represent a novel" — this looks (to me) like cheating: re-defining the licit word "represent" so that you can now just plug it into the same place as the illicit word "be." May I suggest, instead, "Although I do not consider this book a novel"?